PLAN=
•fhep £ct
ir
Many j**ople plau their whole lives to
hate a bank account and then leave this
w<*rld without so much as a start at one.
Planning i:*Q t worth anything unless
followed by action.
O«od intetions n* v« r laud you any
where.
Make your plans to start an account
v* ith u;- this week and back up your plans
with action.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
02 f. M»?». pscst. H. B. Outhouse. Vlce-pses'
L. hJMCi. Cishler
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SCHOOL
CHILDREN
AKK Often at a disadvantage
in their school work by using
cheap supplies.
Cheap school supplies are
dearest in the end.
We carry a complete line of the best in Tablets,
Pencils. Paper Slates. Inks. Pens. Paints, Chalk,
Crayons etc., at all times
Hi* aKo can't a complete line of School Books
V nd the Children in ire trait on them
ax court eon xln ax ire do the older
Swanson & Lofholm
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advertising rates
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^ local news.
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«H*ce» d—e. fee ililclre— Go to
Lc« Brat teat market.
Fur Role .% flood ftOBh mticli cow.
Inquire of Altar ft J«*m*oa.
J. W |t>r«et respectfully iollcit*
jtt .tr patronage
L.ltesl prior, lor ju-ttg beete* at
Lee liroliiria' market
flood . leaning and pressing, satis
fact ton guaranteed by J. R- Iksrtcy.
If you want good tresit fruit go to
Uae Hue Ten« ale.
llitng in yoor spring cl tic ken* to
L* r Ur Ait r* and get U»e good price*
ofrrrd
Fancy prt. > . * ill le paki by Lee
HrAiirr. for y*. cattle, fall and
«re UteBt
Lew UnA «-rs will give you tbe!
liigUret mark-1 prat e for your spring
rbarkeo*.
iod lirurr im
jv,. r supply of - ft coal for winter
i»> ( >>aie at*; see our coal.
Tat u*a'» Eutvtn*.
Mrs Lew in of Arcadia, arrived
M'today mortf.ng on a visit to iter
friend. Mi»» Little IV ugh of Wiggle
Out
If you want a dray. plume A. L. Un
der lee. * on Ck or leave your order
wtili rttlter i-ii.ber yard or E. G.
Tay k*r. Best of service guaranteed.
Mis* Jeanette Taylor left this nom
ine for a visit wtUt iter broUier, Hid
Ta; or. and family at < ttnalia Site
took with l*cr live brothers babv boy
who has item visiting tiere.
Marvin Lee and family and Bert
Ontt. eife and baby w«-nt to Gtbbo.i
buuday morning in U*e Lee auto, for
a visit will, lirv Towers and wife,
ret .rning Monday evening
> J. Iliii and family of Lei
Ingun. Neb. were lie re last week,
guests of Mr and Mrs. Cm kee of
Washington tow nsliif. tbe ladies be
ing eMer*
M r* Green and children of Sterling,
I UK. who had been visiting here at
(lie l>r Marry home, returned to
If mci* last week. Mm. Green Isa
sister of the doctor.
Our old friend. >. B. Flint, of Itor
ctresirr. Neb., was tore last week for
« lew days renewing aid friendships,
returning bo»e Friday morning. He
look* tbe same genial, wboieeouied
telta* as of yore.
We pay cash for eggs delivered at
Lite creamery.
Uavenna Creamery Co.
Ground tone fore chicken feed at
Lee lir<*.' meat market.
»>ur city x'lio )ls begin this coming
Monday, Sept. 2.
Cp-UMiate good* at right prices at
Sciiwmner's Jewelry store.
Mr and Mrs. O. S. Fross went to
A urora Tuesday morning for a few
days' visit.
You can save money bv buying your
furnishings at I«orent/.'s store.
Lou Schwanerdrove hi* tine trotter
over to Ord Tuesday evening to
attend the fair, expecting to re
turn today.
Three kinds of flour and all kinds
of feed at Ueynolds' Flour and Feed
Store.
Mrs Ward Ver Valin went to Kear
ney last Friday morning for a few
days' visit with her preacher brother.
A large number of our people went
to Ashton Tuesday and Wednesday
mornings to attend the Old Settlers'
Keunion.
We are pay ing 23 cents casli for
cream delivered at the creamery. We
test and pay cash for cream.
Uavenna Ckkamkry Co.
\ ug. Jung returned home Monday
from Central City, where he lias been
iu attendance on the German-Yerein
convention.
George Kenyan, press feeder of the
Northwestern office, went to Aurora
Tuesday morning for a few days'
visit.
Little Ilubv Larsen entertained
some twenty of her little friends
Monday afternoon of this w eek, on
the oorasskm of the anniversary of ,
her Mrthday. the 7th. and a tine time
was had by the bunch of peaches.
The installation of officers of the
Sherman Encampment. L O. O. F.,
will occur on the evening of Sept. 3rd.
Let there be a full attendance of all
members. Lunch will follow install
ation.
Evert tiling needful for school in
way of tablets, composition books,
history paper, pencils, pencil boxes,
pens. ink. crayon, erasers, etc, etc.,
at the Rkxall Stoke.
Vaughn & Ilinman.
Jess Marvel, whom everybody likes.
• »i here during the Festival and was
tup" for tiie three games of Festi
val davs. lie is the sam * jolly Jess as
of old A Mr. Uert Leach, a neigh
bor of his. was down from Custer to
look after Jess' behavior.
H. N. Fisher on Route 3. and Henry
Hest.mgof Washington township were
two of our good farmers w ho took
advantage of Festival days to add
their names to our list of the best
class of readers on earth.
Mr. B. A. Henderson returned last
week Wednesday from his trip to
Ohio, reporting a very pleasant va
cation. He was in Columbus. Ohio,
over night, but was too busy to Jook
up tiit editor's big bov. who is at
preseat tiring on the Toledo & Ohio
Too bad.
Hats
Mrs II. M. Mathew announces her
millinery opening for Friday and Sat
urday Aug. 30 and 31. Everybody
cordially invited to come and see a
large and beautiful selection of mil
linery. Prices are unusually low this
fall.
A special sale of l’alm Olive Soap
and Cream is on at Swanson & Lof
holm's D^ug Store.
Found—an Epworth League pin.
Ow ner call for same at this office.
E. G. Taylor had business at St.
Paul Tuesday.
Have your suits cleaned and press
ed before next Sunday by J. VV. Dor
sey.
A Suit will wear twice as long and
look much neater if you have J. W.
Dorsey clean and press them.
The Misses True of Lees Park vis
ited their aunt, Mrs. O. Benschoter,
in this city from last Saturday till
Tuesday evening of this week.
Mrs. Harvey O'Brian of St. Paul,
with her little girl, has been visiting
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. Ben
schoter. the past week.
Miss Emma Outhouse left yester
day morning for Spencer, where she
is principal of the city schools, which
begin next Monday.
Ikjn’t miss seeing our splendid line
of school supplies before buying, we
can please you. The Rexall Stoke.
Vaughn & Hinman.
Miss Clea. oldest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jas. Lee, returned Monday
from a month's visit with her aunt,
Mrs. Lulu Lee-Fitzgerald, at Dolores,
Colorado.
juuge wan, as memoer oi tne re
publican executive committee from
the Dig Sixth, went to Lincoln Mon
day morning to meet with the com
mittee. *
Miss Bessie Smith of Schuyler, Neb.,
who had been visiting her friend,
Miss Ruby Charlton, for a number of
days, returned home Monday morn
ing.
Buy your school supplies at the
Rexall Stoke. You will find the
best values procurable for the money.
We are anxious to supply you.
Vaughn & lliuman.
Mrs. R. P. Starr received a tele
gram last Friday morning from the
home of her brother on the Pa
cific coast, where she visited a few
weeks ago. giving the sad news of the
death of her brother's little son.
Mr. Luther Nelson who arrived
with ids sister. Miss Lida Nelson
from Rlair. this state, last week Mon
day on a visit to A. O. Lee, will, we
understand remain here. His sister
returned home last Saturday morning.
Word lias been received here of the
birth of a daughter on the 19th inst.
at Lockport, Ills., to Mr. and Mrs.
Roy T. Fisher, formerly Miss Marie
Schneidereit of this city. Congratu
lations.
Mrs. Bunnell of Burwell, was a
guest last week of her old-time friend.
Mrs. Viola Odendahl. Mrs. Bunnell
was formerly Miss Benschoter. and a
cousin of Lan Benschoter, their
fathers being brothers and joint
owners of much of the land on which
Loup City now stands.
J. B. Draper wrote us from Litch
field last week to change the address
of his Northwestern to Grand Island,
where he has moved with his family
and where we understand he has a
position in the railroad shops. May
kind fortune follow them.
Clark Reynolds, last Sunday, took
the Mesdames McCoy and Loomis,
who were here from Aurora on a
visit with his good mother, to Litch
field for a day's visit at the home of
his brother. Wright, and family, go
ing over by auto.
Mrs. Fred Sclineidereib returned
home from Omaha last Saturday,
where she had been for a week at a
hospital for treatment. It will be
remembered she was injured in a
runaway about a year ago, from the
effects of w hich she has been an in
valid. We understand she received
but little relief.
The Northwestern is not going to
try and mention all the good friends
who were here from over the county
attending the Chautauqua and Har
vest Festival, as their name was
legion, but we will say they were
here in squads, companies, regiments
and battalions, and we had the pleas
ure of clasping hands and talking
w ith the many and to all we give a
hearty welcome and hope they come
often in the future.
Word has been received from Miss
Henry Young, who is at Ogden, Utah,
resigning her position in our public
schools, with the accompanying fact
that she has accepted a position as
clerk in a large store at*65 per month.
It will seem strange not to see Miss
Youngat her accustomed place in our
schools, where she has always made
good but her legion of friends here
will follow her with best wishes for
her succes in her new field of labor.
Dr. Bownan received a card from
his wife Tuesday, saying to expect
her this evening. Since her arrival
from London, she has been visiting
with her people in Michigan, and the
card was dated at Chicago Monday,
26th. So by the time this item
reaches the eyes of friends, the good
doctor will most likely have ended
his enforced bachelor life of the past
few months, while his wife was per
suing her medical studies across the
big pond. Later—Mrs. Bowman and
Miss Elizabeth Dinsdale of Palmer,
who was with Mrs. Bowman across
the Atlantic, arrived last (Wednesday)
evening, over the B. & M.
MARKET REPORT
Grain
Wheat. . & 76
Corn... .75 £ 80
Oats..-*»». & 35
Stork
Cattle. .. 3 80 to 4 50
Hoes .'?..... 7 80
Poultry
Hens. 814
Springs.... .j. 12
.
Butter. 35
Eggs ...,. 13
Special at Chase’s
Next Saturday *
16 lbs sugar $100
3 pkg Gelid starch .25
3 10c cans baking
powder .20
7 bars bob white
soap .25
Dress Straw hats 1-2
price Muslin Under
wear at 1-2 price
Found—a ring. Cali at this office
for same.
Mrs. J. W. Amide is visiting her
daughter in Omaha.
Go to Reynolds for your meat for
thrashing.
Geo. Schultz and family are visit
ing at Mason City.
Nice young meat for threshers at
Lee s meat market.
Prof. J. H. Burwell and family of
Wiggle Creek attend the State Fair
next week.
Don’t look for big ad and big bills
but a big saving to you at Lorentz.
Don't forget that our city schools
commence on Monday of next week.
Begining Aug. 9th, you can get fresh
home baked bread at Reed's Variety
store. Mrs. DeWitt.
Miss Myrtle Lundy, niece of C. E.
Lundy, leaves Monday for North Da
kota to make her home with an uncle
Mrs. Herman Johansen left for Lin
coln this morning where she will be
assistant superintendent of the culi
nery department at the State Fair.
Highest market price for poultry
at S. F. Reynolds'.
Miss Lulu Lofholm returned last
week from a visit with her sister,
Mrs. Marsel Youngquest, at Water
town, S. D.
Miss Berdie Lofholm leaves next
Monday on an extended visit with
her sister, Mrs. C. P. Simpson, at
Grand Junction, Coio.. and many
friends in and around that city.
Misses Dessie and Muriel Wester
velt, daughters of E. J. Westervelt.
postmaster at Scotts Bluff, who have
been visiting at the Deeper home for
the past several days returned home I
last Monday.
Threshers can secure choicest of
young meat at Lee Brothers' meat j
market.
Mr. Goddard, the proprietor of the
medicine wagon traveling through
these parts, has moved down from
Lees Park and rented the Odendahl
cottage in west Loup City.
Rev. O. Polenburg, of Stromsburg.
and two little daughters are guests ac
the home of Rev. Blom this week,
and enjoying the dry weather. The ;
two reverend gentlemen are brothers
in-law.
A load of cobs wanted at the resi
dence of the editor right away, and
don’t care if we get two or more loads.
Coin of the realm given in exchange.!
Hurry with them, someone.
C. F. Beusliausen has turned his
office over to the devil and leaves this
afternoon for the State Fair, where
he will be secretary to Chief of Police
Tracy during those strenous times.
Chief Tracy also went at the same
time.
Rev. Blom last Saturday presented
this office with samples of peaches
grown at Roswell New Mexico, where
his parents, brother and sister live,
and which were grown by them from
their peach grove there. The samples
were of the most luscious kind and
tasted very moreish, for a certainty.
C. C. Carlsen drove over to Ravenna
by auto Sunday to catch the B. & M.
train for Omaha, where he went to
attend the State Bankers’ convention.
Mrs. Carlsen and Mrs. J. S. Pedler
went as far as Ravenna with him.
He returned Wednesday evening.
O. F. Petersen is changing the ap
pearance of his building lately occu
pied by the postoffice and Felix Ma
kowski’s general store. He has taken
out the partition between the two
rooms, lengthening the old postoffice
room, now occupied by S. A. Pratt’s
billiard parlors, to the full length of
the building north and south. He
has also partitioned the Makowski
room into three office rooms, and will
have toilet rooms in the basement for
all tenants of the building. It will
make quite a change in the looks
when completed.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Holmes of Bristol
township, were in Loup City Tuesday
on their way home from Loup county
where they had been the past two
weeks assisting their son on his ranch
some twelve miles north of Taylor in
putting up the hay harvest, and were
on their way home. Friend Holmes
says after you get three miles north
of Arcadia the crops begin looking
better and up in the valleys among
the sandhills, where they have had
good rains, the crops of all kinds
are most plenteous and everything is
in fine shape.
Star Brand Shoes are Better
SCHOOL SHOES HOW IH
Monday Sept. 2, will be the day for school to start,
Have You Got Your School Shoes
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,fYou | Grroceries I
have not | lOOlbs bestgr'd sugar 6 25
8 lOOlbs Chicken grit 90*
call in X 2 cans Tomatoes 251
g 2 cans peas 05 X
and let
1 doz good lemons 3' x
- X 2 box grape nut 25 0
US fit yOU $2 Cream Wheat 25 2
§3 I^ost Toasties 2 >8
OUt. $3 Egg-O-See 25^
b6 bars flake white soap 25$
. ^ 10 bars polo soap 25 8
goO gal coal oil and good
$ steel tank $8 50X
S Do not be swindled, as web
Scan always save you money b
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Loup City Mer. Co.
Mrs. Joe Chilewski is quite ill with
pneumonia at the present writing.
C. L. McDonald, the drayman; try
him tor good, prompt service.
Mrs. B. J. Swanson returns to Utica
Saturday, after a ten days' visit here.
Good rains visited Ord. Sargent,
Comstock and even Arcadia Tuesday
night, but only bluffed Loup City.
Misses Lillie Lofholm and Marne
Adamson will be home from their
South Dakota visit Saturday evening.
Chris Johansen has been quite ill!
of late with stomach trouble, but is
reported better.
Miss Ruby Charlton went to Lin
coln-this morning to stay over Fair
week.
Will French will again be on the
State Fair police force this year, go
ing to Lincoln Friday.
IT you want good, prompt draying,
call on C. L. McDonald, successor to
Ha good.
Leave orders for theC.L. McDonald
dray at either lumber yard or E. G.
at Taylor’s.
The motor broke down at Rockville
yesterday noon on the way up and
had to be pushed on in in the evening,
hence no mid-day mail.
C. C. Carlsen will have charge of
the ticket department at the State
Fair again this year, going down
to Lincoln Friday.
Mrs. Herman Rickart and little
daughter are here visiting the lady’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Bechthold,
to return home to Grand Island Sat
urday.
Some changes occur along moving
lines this week. Nelson Smith moves
into his new home north of the
power house. Stewart Conger moves
into the house near the old mill site,
which has been occupied by Mr.
Smith, while Jas. Johansen has pur
chased the property occupied by Mr.
Conger, south of the mill,'and his
brother, Chris Johansen, will occupy
the same.
Some mills cut prices and offer new
wheat flour to their trade as soon as
it is threshed. We prefer to hold old
wheat on hand and have our mer
chants sell old wheat flour until the
new wheat i§ in condition to grind.
This is one reason our flour trade is
increasing about 100 per cent each
year. You better buy a few sacks of
old wheat flour and keep the house
wife happy. Special prices on 500
pound lots.
Loup City^Mill axd Light Co.
We received a pleasant call yester
day from Mrs. J. H. Burwell of Wiggle
Creek, accompanied by her little
daughter, Mary. Prof. Bufwell and
family lately moved on their farm a
few miles south of town. He is one
of the best educators in the state and
has been for \ ears engaged in school
work, but this summer has been rest
ing from work on the farm. He will
teach at Rockville the coming year.
Mrs. Burwell is an excellent writer
and newspaperwoman, and the North
western is promised some descriptive
sketches of the farms and farmers of
Sherman county, of which we will
speak more at length later and before
the sketches begin.
Notice to Threshers
We have on hand a full supply of
threshing coal, both nut and lump.
Also have car Niggerhead pea coal!
in transit. Ourcoal is right and our |
prices are right. Call and see us.
Taylob’s Elevator.
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What You Gain
t
by being a regular depositor with the Loup
City State Bank:
Your funds are kept in absolute security.
Payment by check provides indisputable re
receipts in the form of returned can
celed checks. Payment by check saves
many a long trip: saves trouble of mak
ing change and taking receipts.
Being a depositor with us, acquaints us with
eaeh other and lays the foundation for
accommodation, when you want to piece
out your resources with a loan.
Every courtesy and facility is rendered the
small as well as the large depositor. Don’t
wait until you can begin with a large deposit
LOUP GITY STATE BANK
Capital and Surplus, $47,500.00
J,S. Pedler, President C. C. Carlsen, Cashier
John W. Long. Vice President, w. J, Root, Assistant Cashier.
If You Want to Know What
C, R. Sweetland has to offer watch
this space next week
BEFORE GOING ANYWHERE
CALL BURLINGTON DEPOT
For one way rates, round trip summer excursion^ rates,
Homeseekers rates, time of trains, best connections for all
points. Will be pleased to Lave you c. 11, phone or write
for any information desired. Don’t forget our freight trains
spll making good time. W hen interested call for rates to
and from all points.
J. A. DaxiElsox Ticket Agent
L. W. Wakely,
General PassingerAgent, Omaha, Neb
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